[Two young African kids, happy just to be alive]

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Orphans and Street Children of Bunia

Democratic Republic of Congo

HOPE Partner: Hope and Care for Little Souls, Bunia, Congo

Dino Mozart and Sephora Kile.
Refugees with a great vision and heart for children surviving the atrocities of the Congo civil war.

After many hours sharing with Dino Mozart Kile who came from Nairobi to meet us in Kampala, we felt strongly to make every effort to support this man and his wife Sephora in rescuing and rehabilitating children from this tragic war zone in the world's most troubled nation.

Mozart is hoping the elections in the Congo will bring enough stability to return to his hometown, and establish a centre for bringing real support in every way to children who currently wander the streets and village lanes. Many of these children end up kidnapped for child soldiers or survive as prostitutes. The church is very active in the region, in fact the oldest one, an AIM church was planted in the 1920's.

Our goal is to get known children there sponsored and wait for the war to ease and then support Mozart in establishing a centre of Hope in the heart of the Bunia region in North Eastern Congo. HOPE wants to see the children sponsored through the church in Bunia and managed through the vision and work of Mozart and Sephora.

This couple has 4 children, has adopted 6 others from the Congo war zone and is completing studies at the Nairobi Evangelical Graduate School of Theology. This new partner's vision is to rescue destitute children and support their rehabilitation through education and the life of the local church and to help socialise them also by seeking to find lost family members still alive and reunite those children. The long term vision will require a base to work from, and an effective sponsorship program for every child.